Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, custom binding, 1949.

Orwell (George)Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing the Queen and George Washington's faces, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label in panel to rear, light spotting to half-title and title, modern black morocco in jacket design with metal skull buttons and gilt lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest with calf eyelid, radiating design in blind depicting the gaze of Big Brother to upper cover, title, author and date lettered in gilt on lower cover, slight shelf-lean, light spotting and toning to edges, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949. *** This copy number 31 from the binder's limited edition of 100 copies.

Estimate:£1,200

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